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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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